#53A4DB#53A4DB

#53A4DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.113 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4DB
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 219)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 25.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -8.26, -35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 36.22, 256.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0554 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.113 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6241, 33.5015, 71.9093)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4DB #DB8A53

analogous

#53DBCE #53A4DB #5360DB

triadic

#53A4DB #DB53A4 #A4DB53

tetradic

#53A4DB #CE53DB #DB8A53 #60DB53

square

#53A4DB #CE53DB #DB8A53 #60DB53

split-complementary

#53A4DB #DB5360 #DBCE53

monochromatic

#1F6595 #2A87C7 #53A4DB #86BFE6 #B8DAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#53A4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#53A4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4DB

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4DB	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7997DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.113 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbee6',
    500: '#53a4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4db;
$custom-light: #8fbee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.265,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69061,
    "c": 0.11349,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4DB

secondary

#DFC0AA

accent

#843FE8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4DB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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